Jeremy Pawloski reports: An Olympia-area man who was arrested in January in the largest identity theft case in Thurston County history pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree identity theft and 82 counts of second-degree identity theft. Anthony Vaughn, 30, will be sentenced in two to three weeks, according to Thurston County Deputy Prosecuting…
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MN: Allianz temp worker accused of identity theft
Susan Feyder reports: A 30-year-old Minneapolis woman has been accused of using her job as a temporary employee of Allianz Life Insurance Co. to steal the identities of five people in a scheme that resulted in losses of more than $50,000. Monique Fletcher, who worked for from October 2008 until April 2009, is scheduled to…
Sony game user accounts breached; 77 mil. may be affected
Looks like we have a new addition to the Top 10 list of all-time biggest breaches. Taro Koyano of Yomiuri Shimbun reports: The personal information of about 77 million users worldwide of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation and Qriocity online services may have been leaked, the company said Tuesday. Sony said its PlayStation Network services for online…
GM workers in Lansing victimized by out-of-state credit-card fraud
John Agar reports: Police say 50 workers at the General Motors assembly plant near Lansing have reported fraudulent use of their credit and debit cards. Unauthorized charges have been made at out-of-state businesses, Eaton County Sheriff’s Department reported. […] That scenario has played out in recent months in the Grand Rapids area – with arrests…
TX: Comptroller heads to court after security breach
John A. Salazar reports: The Texas Comptroller faces her first legal hurdle after a year-long privacy breach resulted in the online exposure of 3.5 million Texans’ private information. The Texas Civil Rights Project and Austin attorney Jim Harrington filed a petition against Comptroller Susan Combs in District Court. The petition asks for Combs to go on…
(follow-up) Former nail salon employee sentenced on credit card fraud
A former employee of a Mason City nail salon has been sentenced to five years in prison on each of two counts of credit card fraud. Nam Huu Nguyen, 37, was charged with three counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and one count of ongoing criminal conduct for allegedly stealing credit card information…